Not with the GOP wanting to invade Iran next.
Politics is about using war
politically.
Reagan framed the war against the Soviet Union as a cosmic war of good versus evil. It gave him the ability to grow the Pentagon Budget and expand the power of Government.
Bush framed the war against Terrorism as a cosmic war of good versus evil.
War turns citizens into victims who need to be protected from or Saved by Big Brother.
War is the primary tool for growing government.
War on Poverty.
War on Drugs.
Nothing allows Washington to spend money more than war. (Republicans use the language of War to spend and grow government)
Look at how much Reagan expanded the Pentagon budget. His total spending was triple that of Carter. Reagan is the father of small government, yet he used War to grow the biggest government of all.
America was focused on a faltering Soviet Union while the real communist power, China, was positioning to take over the global economy. We pick dying or petty powers. We pick tin-pot dictators like Hussein because it gives us a context to grow government. This is why the Republican spending and debt record is so abysmal - because for every dollar they take from social programs, they spend hundreds on farcical weapon's manufacturer give-aways like Star Wars.
Iran is the next farce. It will be used by President Romney to get voters to focus on national security rather than the economy.
Iran will be used to move unemployment off the front page. This is a standard Washington trick - and "Talk Radio Republicans" will fall for it hook line and sinker. These same Talk Radio Republicans tell us that Washington can't run a laundromat, yet they let their Big Government Leaders talk them into invading Iraq and rebuilding the Arab world.
Republican voters never question their Big Government Leaders when it comes to war. Why? Because they get all their information from Republican Media Sources.
God Help Us. . . because if Romney gets elected, another unaffordable, failed war is coming.